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Blitz Day 101 Tutorial How to Make It Work In Your Community Kimberly Cohen, Hockomock Area YMCA Laura Assade, Salem Summer Meals Program Luz Holmes, End Hunger CT! Sneha Jayaraj, End Hunger CT! Salem alem Pu Publ blic ic Schools hools

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How to Make It Work In Your Community

Kimberly Cohen, Hockomock Area YMCA Laura Assade, Salem Summer Meals Program Luz Holmes, End Hunger CT! Sneha Jayaraj, End Hunger CT!

Blitz Day 101 Tutorial

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Summer Meals Partners Salem Public Schools Food Service Department Salem Housing Authority Salem Boys & Girls Club Salem Parks & Recreation Tabernacle Church

  • St. Peter’s/Iglesias San

Pedro Church Salem YMCA Salem State University How the City of Salem is Involved: 3yrs- Grant from EoS Foundation 1 Staff & City Representative Work with Schools Food Service Dept. & other Sponsors Marketing campaign Increase Participation

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SALEM SCHOOLS

Selected Population data: source MA ESE District Profile High Needs Economically Disadvantaged CEP 2016 58.5 43.6 2015 57.7 42.7 FARM 2014 67.8 54.3/5.4 = 59.7 2013 65.3 50.4/5.5 = 55.9 2012 not tracked 51.1/6.6 = 57.7 SFSP ADP Data: We track Average Daily Participation; We combine Breakfast and Lunches served; Calculation ADP = Total Meals Served / # Serving Days FY2017 951 25 serving days

  • St. Peters Church/Iglesia San Pedro

FY2016 894 30 serving days FY2017 60-70 15 Serving days FY2015 911 35 serving days FY2014 691 45 serving days Our serving days are shrinking annually because schools are in session longer in the school year (early start / late end) We Market Program to ALL Salem kids regardless of economics as a deterrent to learning loss over the summer.

  • a. Kids of Working parents: Lots of kids are on their own in the summer and/or taking care of younger siblings as parents work
  • b. Social Justice: We do not want our program perceived as a economic divide among our resident children
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Kick Off Event June 4, 2016

Sponsor: Salem Public Schools Food Service Department Community Members included: Mass In motion, Salem Public Library, Salem Community Garden, On Point Program & City

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Salem Community Blitz Preparation

Salem High School Health Fair- Recruiting Student Volunteers to serve meals & Blitz Event Salem Boys & Girls Club- Key Club Members volunteering with us at the Blitz Event June 23, 2016 Volunteers from Tabernacle Church- Salem

Every volunteer received package with zones which covered local business, residence, community organizations, day cares, parks, and other open spaces

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Include Blitz Service Maps and Volunteer Assignment June 23rd, 2016

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Photos of Blitz Day and Summer Meals Sites

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Virtual Blitz

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THANK YOU

Laura Assade Director of Constituent Services & Latino Affairs Coordinator Offices of Mayor Kimberley Driscoll City Of Salem, MA 978-619-5601 Lassade@salem.com

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Hockomock Area YMCA

Milford Summer Food Service Program

CNOP Kickoff Event Presentation February 8, 2016

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15 community service area, 3 full facility branches Health Innovation team

  • Healthy Futures programs with school partners
  • Prescription for a Healthy Lifestyle: internal

chronic disease prevention initiative

Healthy Food Access initiative

  • Newest area of focus
  • Healthy food nutrition critical piece in chronic

disease prevention

YMCA Overview

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4,131 total student population 44% eligible for free and reduced priced meals 1,817 kids who are potentially without access to regular, healthy meals in the summer

The Need in Milford

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Hockomock Area YMCA

  • Program manager/USDA sponsor

Milford Area Humanitarian Coalition

  • Community + religious leaders

Milford Public Schools

  • Food Service Director/team prepared all meals

The Team

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  • Scheduled for June 16, 2016 (5 days before

program start)

  • Created volunteer opportunity/description just for

Blitz Day

Great way to get involved if folks couldn’t commit to volunteering over the summer

  • Advertised through the Milford Area Humanitarian

Coalition, local papers, churches

  • Presented to the Milford School Committee and

mentioned the Blitz Day effort

Blitz Day Recruitment

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  • 9am start time, volunteers had

“pre-registered” via email with

  • ur AmeriCorps member
  • Intern created maps/routes

within 1 mile radius of each of

  • ur 3 sites
  • Volunteers formed teams of

2/3 when they arrived onsite

  • No teenagers/kids not

accompanied by an adult

Safety/liability concerns

Blitz Day Logistics

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  • YMCA team provided overview/welcome to

“blitzers”

  • Emphasize the need to deliver welcoming message

Not a program for “needy” or “poor” people

  • Safety tips –i.e. don’t go in anyone’s home
  • Provided collateral/Project Bread door hangers

Spanish/English overview of program Attached half sheet to door hangers with our specific sites/times

Blitz Day Logistics

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  • Start time
  • Spanish/Portuguese speaking volunteers
  • More volunteers – over recruit!

Lessons Learned

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Questions?